On Miscarriages and Reproductive Loss
In a recent thread there was a discussion about miscarriages. With this in mind, I wanted to give a link to a beautiful article in the most recent issue of America Magazine: A Hidden Sorrow by Christopher Pramuk. A sample:
I know that as a man my experiences are very different from those of my wife or sister or of any woman who has felt the anguish of life’s perishing deep in her body. We hurt in different ways. Following our second miscarriage, I anguished above all for my wife, for her bleeding body, her broken spirit; I anguished for myself, too, for my inability to understand or to help. We had already discussed names, and the nursery was nearly ready. This pregnancy had felt like a gift, a persistent prayer answered. Yet God, it seemed, was not willing. Why?
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It’s a beautiful piece, and I second linking the article. I encounter a number of folks dealing with reproductive loss when I write and speak on adoption, and I told Chris that his article will be a great resource. Speaking of resources, he links them (books, essays, websites) on the America website at http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12807.
Thanks David for the link, and your kind words. Likewise to Tim, who has himself written some very moving reflections on this topic. (See the link to a recent essay by Tim in the comments section following my article at America online.) Glad to discover your site.